Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Subtitle: (Sports and Games Through History)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: December 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780313316104
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Sports & Outdoor Recreation; World history: c 1500 to c 1750; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Modern - 18th Century; Modern - 19th Century; Sports & Recreation / General; 18th century; 19th century; Games; History
First sentence: Though many of the traditional African sports and games discussed below date back to ancient times, their prevalence throughout the continent was diminished greatly during the 18th and 19th centuries.